As of November 2019, 58 percent of Republicans and Republican leaners were found to distrust CNN for political and election news. In comparison, only 23 percent of survey respondents trusted the source about political news. U.S. President Donald Trump has regularly voiced his displeasure regarding the news channel's reporting on the current political landscape and has frequently called CNN reporting fake news. Overall, it was found that Republicans were more likely to distrust than to trust a wide range of news sources.
Political news sources that are distrusted by more Republicans than trusted in the United States as of November 2019
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Pew Research Center. (January 24, 2020). Political news sources that are distrusted by more Republicans than trusted in the United States as of November 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101121/politics-sources-distrusted-more-republicans/
Pew Research Center. "Political news sources that are distrusted by more Republicans than trusted in the United States as of November 2019." Chart. January 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101121/politics-sources-distrusted-more-republicans/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Political news sources that are distrusted by more Republicans than trusted in the United States as of November 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101121/politics-sources-distrusted-more-republicans/
Pew Research Center. "Political News Sources That Are Distrusted by More Republicans than Trusted in The United States as of November 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101121/politics-sources-distrusted-more-republicans/
Pew Research Center, Political news sources that are distrusted by more Republicans than trusted in the United States as of November 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101121/politics-sources-distrusted-more-republicans/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Political news sources that are distrusted by more Republicans than trusted in the United States as of November 2019 [Graph], Pew Research Center, January 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101121/politics-sources-distrusted-more-republicans/
